tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72438510723401684812024-03-14T11:13:37.444-06:00Adventures with the DunhamsKaren Dunhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09192412215210854276noreply@blogger.comBlogger230125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7243851072340168481.post-14981579228643512932013-05-16T08:13:00.003-06:002013-05-16T08:14:18.868-06:00The BEST Bison (or beef) Shank/Soup Bone Broth<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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I have people frequently asking how to use the shanks and
soup bones that they get on their animal.
Lots of people opt out of the bones because they just don’t know what to
do with them and that makes me want to cry – because they are an animal part I
would not know what to do without. I
make a batch of bison broth every week to week and a half. It is a total no brainer to make and is
extremely nutritious – not to mention yummy. Here’s what I do:</div>
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Open 1 frozen pack of shanks or soup bones and put them in
the bottom of a 6qt (or whatever you have) crockpot. Cover with water all the way to the top. Add salt (about a teaspoon per Qt.), pepper,
Montreal Steak Seasoning (without any garbage in it), garlic powder, and onion
powder. Let it rip on low for 24
hours. Strain the broth through a
colander. I used to use paper towels or
fine mesh cheesecloth to do this so that my broth was clear, and it was a big,
fat pain in the rear. Then a friend told
me that she just uses her immersion blender to blend up all the little
particles that come through. They aren’t meat, but just parts of the broth that
keep it from being clear. It is so much
easier this way. And then, you are able to add the marrow to the broth and
blend it up in there too. I store it in
1 qt freezer containers. One goes
directly in the fridge and the others I freeze for later in the week. I use this for everything…..I braise
vegetables in it (brussell sprouts are delish after being sauted in coconut oil
and then braised til tender with a little bison or beef broth), add it to
anything that calls for liquid, and even drink it for lunch. It is perfect yumminess. <o:p></o:p></div>
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After straining, you will have a good amount of meat left
with the bones. I pick this apart, and
make enchiladas with it……meat, enchilada sauce, cheese (for dairy dooers –
sigh!) rolled in a tortilla – corn or flour.
Please try this before you decide to opt out of your shanks and soup
bones. I am sure that you will be so glad
that you did. In fact, you will end up
running out long before you buy your next portion of a beef or bison and be
sorry that you don’t have more. <o:p></o:p></div>
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On the first day of Heritage classes this year, I was
sitting outside Mrs. Miller’s Prima Latina class and about laughed myself silly
overhearing some of what was going on in there. I was not laughing at her teaching, but at her amazing ability to exercise
self-control in the face of hilarity - she has a whole class of 5-6 year
olds. Better her than me. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I had written these down when we got home from classes, but
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The kids were asked to give their name and something about
themselves that they wanted to class to know:<o:p></o:p></div>
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“This isn’t my actual hair.
My hair is really straight and sticks out like this” So, he had a wig on, eh? I couldn’t see around the curtain but I was
dying to.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“My favorite color is black, white, red and yellow”<o:p></o:p></div>
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“My favorite color is camo” (true Montanan)<o:p></o:p></div>
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Other notables: <o:p></o:p></div>
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There are a set of twins in the class, so regarding twins
some comments ensued, “they are born at the same time; one comes out and then
the other and they just ‘bloop’ right out together” (um, nope. No blooping at all. obviously SOMEONE has never been in labor!)<o:p></o:p></div>
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Mrs. Miller – “who knows anything about Latin? What people speak Latin now?” student: “you!” (observant! She IS the
teacher!)<o:p></o:p></div>
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Have any of you studied ancient Rome? “I’ve studied American Indians!”<o:p></o:p></div>
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“I changed my name and I want you to call me my new
name. Eric-kai. Hm. I wonder if his mother knows?? His name
isn’t even Eric. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My super tweaker (not mentioning any names and I bet none of
you can guess, right? Right!!) is a really loud, crazy, odd, darling, funny,
talented, child who makes weird noises constantly (I think I need to write
Julian Smith’s mom and ask if she was worried when he was young…..the answer
probably won’t make me feel any better, but might help me prepare emotionally for
the future). He was being unusually
loud(er) and I was holding my head saying stop, stop, stop you’re driving me
crazy. And he said “I can’t mom, I have the
energy of a cow”. Hm. Oh…..yeah……I get it….no, I don’t.… Here ‘s his explanation: “Cows are moving, moving, moving their mouths
all day long…chew, chew, chew. They
never stop moving their mouths…..they have lots of energy…..just like me”. Okay.
Yep, I get the mouth thing. – boy do I. And be assured that this wisdom was offered about
40 decibels above normal in a squeaky, cartoon character voice. Tweaker.
Did I mention that he plays the drums?
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Last night, we were talking about everyone
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likely (and I am getting sad), and the tweaker blurts out, without even a second
to contemplate – natural as anything….”Yeah, and I’ll move out with him. I still won’t have to pay rent and he will
have good recording equipment then and a way better drum kit than I have
now”……huh. And so we were thrown off in
a mere instant for better gear. I see
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<a href="http://www.paperbackswap.com/index.php?n=6&r_by=kriggsy%40gmail.com" title="Trade Books for Free - PaperBack Swap."><img alt="Trade Books for Free - PaperBack Swap." height="102" src="http://www.paperbackswap.com/images/icons/pbs_button_1L.gif" width="182" /></a><br />
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If you haven’t signed up for PaperBack Swap (PBS), you ought
to check it out. We LOVE it. You “buy” books from other members with
points that you earn by posting your own books.
By posting your first 10 books, you earn a point, and then you earn a
point for each additional book that someone requests from your posted list
(after you send it). Each regular book
“costs” one point. No money passes
hands, but you do have to pay to ship a book that a member requests from
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One of my favorite features is that you can create a wish
list. When the books on your list are
posted by another member, you are notified via email so that you can accept the
book. We have gotten some of our favorites
that way. <o:p></o:p><br />
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Some of my most recent amazing finds from our wish list are:<o:p></o:p><br />
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<i>Scaramouche</i> by
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Three Hardback Jane Austen books – <i>Northanger Abbey, Persuasion, Pride and <o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i> Prejudice</i>….none of them look
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<i>Amusing Ourselves to
Death</i> by Neil Postman <o:p></o:p></div>
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If you tell them that kriggsy sent you (or Karen Dunham) I will get a credit for spreading the news after you post your first 10 books. Or, you can click the link in my sidebar and that will do the trick too. <br />
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I posted a couple of weeks ago about the Music Appreciation
going on here at our home academy. I
can agree with Roling Stone’s assessment of Sgt. Pepper’s being the number
one album……EVER. But, I don’t quite see
their number 2 pick. The Beach Boys <i>Pet Sounds </i>earns the prestigious
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Rolling Stone says the following in their review:<o:p></o:p></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">With its vivid
orchestration, lyrical ambition, elegant pacing and thematic coherence, Pet Sounds invented – and in some
sense perfected – the idea that an album could be more than the sum of its
parts. When Wilson sang, "Wouldn't it be nice if we were older?" on
the magnificent opener, he wasn't just imagining a love that could evolve past
high school; he was suggesting a new grown-up identity for rock & roll
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Vivid orchestration??
Thematic coherence? Wow….some
serious praise. We listened and quite
honestly, I don’t get it. Yes, it did
break them out of the very narrow category of surf music that they were in, but
second best album of ALL TIME??? I do really
like the iconic “Wouldn’t It Be Nice” and who hasn’t heard “Sloop John B” about
a zillion times? No one here was too
impressed – they all lost interest quickly.
However, I am hearing Sgt. Pepper’s pop up on people’s playlists. <o:p></o:p></div>
<!--EndFragment-->Karen Dunhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09192412215210854276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7243851072340168481.post-36220953854617557542013-01-22T13:03:00.000-07:002013-01-22T13:03:28.947-07:00Music Appreciation Class<br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">I have been meaning to do music appreciation in our home
for the past two years - it just makes sense.
Last week, we started with THE biggest/greatest album of all time
(that’s kind of the direction we are going….best albums of all time, best songs
of all time – according to the ‘professionals’). So, just what is the “best album of all
time”? The Beatles, <i>Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band</i>
of course. I can understand and concur
with that title. It was so random and
experimental and interesting and eclectic...... and incredible! I mean, who the heck is Billy Shears?? And “Being for the Benefit of Mr Kite” – what
was that all about? While listening to
“Maxwell’s Silver Hammer” (such a nice little children’s song!), Elisha said,
“Wow, sounds like somebody had a sleep over and at around 1:00 am when they
were really tired after drinking WAY too much Mountain Dew they wrote that song
and laughed themselves silly”. Josiah
piped up and said, “I am pretty sure it wasn’t Mt Dew that they were
drinking”. Um, yeah, probably not. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">I had forgotten how crazy that album is and
how much I loved it. <br />There are lots of interesting things that helped earn the
album its prestigious title. Did you
know that <i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">Sgt.
Pepper</span></i>s
was the first rock album to include complete lyrics to the songs in its
design? Also, The Beatles transformed
studio recording on "A Day in the Life"; it was the first eight-track
recording produced in Britain. Rolling
Stone claims that the album “is simply the best of everything the Beatles ever
did as musicians, pioneers and pop stars, all in one place”.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /> <o:p></o:p>Anyone remember the Peter Frampton/ Bee Gees/ Steve Martin
movie of the same name with remakes of the songs? I saw it three times in the theatres AND had
the soundtrack. Loved it….well, I was a
Peter Frampton groupie at the time, so I loved him – in 7<sup>th</sup>
grade. Dork.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />I had forgotten how much I listened to the Beatles in my
younger days and that they really were one of my favorites. All the kids liked the album and that’s good
because the Beatles have 5 out of the top ten albums so we will be hearing a
lot from them in the coming months. And
you’ll never believe what the #2 album is!
Really! More about that later this week.</span><br />
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Isaiah is my very favorite 14 year old. He stepped into the
position yesterday on his birthday.
14? 14!!!!! Wow. This
year, he wandered around in those size 12 jeans for about a week and then
settled into the 14s. At the end of each
meal he asks me what’s for the next one; we are thinking that he must have
little side pouches somewhere, like hamsters have in their cheeks, where he
hoards food because we can’t figure what the heck he’s doing with it. No one could eat that often and stay so skinny. And of all the kids this year, he has changed
the most physically – it’s just that time!
I’m not sure how it got here but KABOOM – he’s a young man.<br />
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<o:p> </o:p>Isaiah is a great kid and a blessing. Something that has always been evident in
Isaiah is how thankful he is. One of our favorite Christmas home videos
features him when he was four. We all
crack up, because every single thing he gets (and I mean EVERY SINGLE THING….toothbrush
and toothpaste in his stocking, a little Matchbox car, a kazoo, you name it) he gets all excited, jumps
up and shouts “YES! I’ve been looking
for that!!!” like he just got a new puppy.
He requested pecan pie for his birthday yesterday so pecan pie it
was. He thanked me three different times
for making them and thanked Elisha just as many for making the crusts. The Burkes got him a book light and an iTunes
card and he was beside himself – he thanked them over and over and was so
excited. I was just really blessed to see
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Isaiah is also super motivated, not easily discouraged, and
cheerful most of the time. I know that
when I ask him to do something it is as good as done. Because Isaiah is finished with his work and
responsibilities so quickly he often gets more work than the other kids. I really have to work at not taking advantage
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I am so grateful for and proud of my young man. We are looking forward to the things that are
to come with him. We cannot be more
thankful that the Lord has entrusted him to us to raise and love and that he
loves us back. Happy Birthday,
Isaiah. I love you more than you will
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<!--EndFragment-->Karen Dunhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09192412215210854276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7243851072340168481.post-14999617432634429322012-07-26T17:42:00.001-06:002013-01-17T22:10:27.783-07:00Favorites AddendumI knew I'd forget someone.....<a href="http://www.samestatemusic.com/">Samestate</a>. Another Skull Church offering. We bought their album and even though we started out really liking them, they have even grown on us more. They are in the CD tray rotation a lot lately. I was feeling very un-loyal leaving them out, so now I feel better. Thank you for listening.Karen Dunhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09192412215210854276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7243851072340168481.post-53270779925937343082012-07-24T13:56:00.000-06:002012-07-24T13:56:38.760-06:00New FavsThe past two years have been very fun musically. I was involved in the music/talent industry for a number of years, but once kids started arriving and life became sort of blurry around the edges for a few years, my music repertoire was reduced to the likes of Judy Rogers, Silly Songs with Larry, Go Fish, and Classical Kids (all of which we enjoy!). About two years ago, with the help of one certain teenager who happens to live here and who lives, breathes, eats, and sleeps (actually, he doesn't do much of that!) music I was happily escorted back to that musical thing that I had been missing. I am so happy to be home. It has been a wonderful year of discovering some new musical favorites. It really started last year at the Crown of the Continent Guitar Workhsop here in the Flathead Valley. Josiah received a scholarship and we were introduced to <a href="http://jbonamassa.com/about-joe/bio/">Joe Bonamassa</a>....oh my. Gotta love him. At the workshop, he played his acoustic and quite honestly, we totally prefer that to his electric stuff. Amazing. Then, our lives were changed forever on that fateful Skull Church night in March when <a href="http://www.eisley.com/index.php/">Eisley</a> was the guest. Oh, Eisley, Eisley...it's always an Eisley day in my world. I love all their songs, all their albums, and everything about them....even Sherry's pink hair! Eisley is a 4 sibling + 1 cousin band who is way beyond creative and talented (and they toured with Switchfoot for a time....that's worth about 400,000 bonus points). At the dentist's office this year, we discovered <a href="http://www.davebarnes.com/">Dave Barnes</a> and he makes me oh so happy! The two albums of his that are my favs, "What We Need, What We Get" and "Stories to Tell" contain not even one un-great song. Love them all. Some other favorite discoveries this year include - <a href="http://downhere.com/">Down Here</a> (awesome lyrically, musically, performacely - I know, not a word - don't care), <a href="http://www.drewholcomb.com/">Drew Holcombe and the Neighbors</a> (no idea how we found them, but we are glad that we did!), <a href="http://needtobreathe.net/">Needtobreathe</a> (gotta love them), and <a href="http://www.benrectormusic.com/">Ben Rector</a>. And, I know I probably don't need to mention this, but a Favs list wouldn't be complete without Switchfoot. I know they aren't a new fav, but every time I see or hear them, their favoriteness is renewed.....again.....weekly......daily.....hourly. We love their music, their lyrics, who these guys are and what they are doing - what's not to love??? So, there you have it. There are others, but these are our/my current top picks. I have been spending all of my <a href="http://dunhamslive.blogspot.com/2010/03/are-you-swagbuck-ing-yet.html">Swagbucks</a> Amazon gift certificates on music this year....gotta love free music!!Karen Dunhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09192412215210854276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7243851072340168481.post-15240383770219522272012-07-02T23:45:00.002-06:002012-07-02T23:45:27.861-06:00Taking a ride on the Crazy Train<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I did something just a little crazy the day before we left
San Diego.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some of you won’t think its
crazy at all…it wasn’t a tattoo or those crazy ear hole things.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> I have one friend who might just have a different hair color every time you see her AND she has tattoos. If there are any more of you like that out there tuning in, then just go ahead and laugh at me and my idea of crazy. I'm okay with that. So the story is that </span>I have started to
get some gray around my temples.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My mom
grayed the same way – racing stripes, like Flash Gordon, at her temples.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have talked about dying my hair for a while
when the gray gets bad.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It hasn’t gotten
bad yet, but one of the J girls is just about finished with cosmetology school, so it
was a good excuse to color my hair while we were in CA.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Brad has always said I ought to dye my hair
red just for fun.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He saw some gal on
Balboa Island who was a bright red/dark pink that he wanted me to try….um, I screamed and ran away.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> instead, </span>Jeriel and I picked out a
demi-permanent dye (it will fade over 4-6 weeks) that was my own base color
with red undertones.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What we actually got in the end was more
mahogany/purple – probably because of how dark my natural hair color is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, I now have sort of purple-y hair in the
sunshine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> And </span>I really like it (Sharon and Carla –
no need for the Oops)!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> So, for someone who hasn't dyed her hair since she was young and single and did if for fun, it feels like I am taking a ride on the crazy train. </span>Maybe I’ll try
pink next time!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just kidding, Mom! Maybe green would be better. </span><br />
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For those of you who don't know, twice a year, we deliver grass fed/ grass finished bison (and this time beef and Icelandic lamb too) to wonderful people in Southern CA and then stay in our old stomping grounds of San Diego for couple of weeks. This June, we left Kalispell in a downpour that had already lasted all night and most of the previous day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We (well, not all of we, actually) loaded the rental truck, our trailer, and the Dunham fun bus with beef, bison and three weeks worth of our stuff in the pouring rain. Super fun trip already, huh? We headed out in the rain, got snowed on in Marias Pass, about blew over near Browning, and finally hit sun (and wind) in Valier.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Welcome to MT.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
After loading up the other 10 ½ beef still at the butcher's (cut and wrapped, of course) we blew into Butte, MT (pronounced byooooooot, but everyone affectionately calls it butt - who could resist?) for the night.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> The drive between Valier and Helena is beautiful. Josiah took these photos of Wolf Creek pass (I think that's where it is). Beautiful. You probably can't tell in the photo above, but there are little white specks...that's snow blowing sideways. Then, below, look how sunny it is. Crazy? Yes.</span><br />
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Day 2 we drove from Butte to
Cedar City, UT, and then after day three on the road (there are no good photos between southern Utah and our destination unless you like cactus, shrubs, and billboards that I won't let my boys look at) we arrived at "the resort" - the home of our good friends the B's. More on that later. </div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">This would be weird
just about anywhere in America except for a zoo, but Elisha and I saw this on a
property while driving down a back road between Whitefish and Evergreen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For those of you who are out of towners –
that’s in MT. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Weird or what?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Pretty sure there isn’t snow in the areas
where zebra and camels usually live.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not
sure how that will work out for them in winter!!</span><br />
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<br />Karen Dunhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09192412215210854276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7243851072340168481.post-70513924982787406102012-04-16T22:52:00.012-06:002012-04-17T00:09:22.076-06:00Dress Up Wars<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsLphOLNfSpjoXSiWEbZpHX-2smlMlkVBQtxxmQDBf208HQjQPysJeHdOGLy0KSsxb_WiV3dA87EN2c6Jihn8yOtX_tEq7YyQyPOM6s84GLdgVb-Y22gI9exu_xsI-QO7aqgVpzeeeoD8/s1600/IMG_2735.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 299px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5732242907646380626" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsLphOLNfSpjoXSiWEbZpHX-2smlMlkVBQtxxmQDBf208HQjQPysJeHdOGLy0KSsxb_WiV3dA87EN2c6Jihn8yOtX_tEq7YyQyPOM6s84GLdgVb-Y22gI9exu_xsI-QO7aqgVpzeeeoD8/s400/IMG_2735.JPG" /></a></div><div align="center">category: wizards</div><div> </div><div>It started out with just three of them; they amused themselves Saturday with a great idea of Elisha's.....Dress Up Wars. Eventually, Elisha herself jumped in. The idea was to put dress up categories in a hat, draw one out, dress up the best they could and then have Mom judge the best costume. You gotta love it when they get creative and have fun for hours without the use of any technological devices. Here are the categories and winners.</div><div> <img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 299px; height: 400px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5732247087622133634" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDcEuXes5_dtXGnWXysGquM8leEbKbGLUqrEsQZVwuImcrnksqNAEsYoyVRZIhddkt9hsOSk7SnXJraHaFymVNcUeMQplb-1Jduk6XnXkWGalZAKVlhg2P9YNnwW2kd88SGX03ExU_Dgw/s400/IMG_2738.JPG" /></div><div><div><div><div><div><div align="center"> winner: Elias</div><div> </div><div><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 299px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5732241360925384146" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTCl0UdVWYWW4PLv1WnwAqUtnZONQu6dnaM8Ot4_tA1XXywm-oithvJjtzQeg5o4cj_DhsZfFsB4pkDllZIVenYQBlwPYO1Zy2VbdjJO09CeBagTZJJERpQhtoGUbVveWjusIQo7jbjis/s400/IMG_2739.JPG" /></div><div align="center">winner: rockers</div><div> </div><div><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 299px; height: 400px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5732241356932110834" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDFTBwpu3m1fN-8sZXu5huUa0CHKy2iaeWZtb7MnR5aiNEVmv7oQFkx7lvwrkMWKBw-LkLB-ga1-G8Psu_rmdlc2z-FiKjAVGHMTOiuZv_f2SpISZMP1eGIr7DsO_tSHuP0SpvVSC3olc/s400/IMG_2740.JPG" /></div><div align="center">winner: Isaiah</div><div> </div><div><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 299px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5732241350775097090" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCsaIQIFOYMZipBiC1XK5YdRHIKw9FTvZE0iWgVIjRM5jZE6n9aAE6IiBAQ8WIBJqQZhcL6a-TOc3a0yHZGfsY18SSvcBn3_zWNmN0_svEsn-I37WgVU2MkX3_i4TD0iO6EHfBqQdZf50/s400/IMG_2741.JPG" /></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div align="center"> category: Medieval</div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 299px; height: 400px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5732241348271483650" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWvo5wIrPu5HjKVKYt205bv2caso-Dqsxrb-sL1HVVdJ6Pe_-poaVKw_gacN0EQtaBhrV0Sxo8xx_gDao-5HdggOnNHELCh3MFe6p-XuvRLuYsUFOOZpBKq8Ru4AFY9lmH2Lc54GfQ7-o/s400/IMG_2742.JPG" /></div><div align="center"> winner: Princess Elisha</div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 299px; height: 400px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5732239180933751570" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC84PpJV2ED2c3CRcFWTKG1IGzWz3nJ6UQKF81myDgwqouQvyBGa32ek8ZnzMRQD6BzoXDQQi5hN-I3w6CRFg5j3N6O8ZRVMR2Q71j44dxe5r-ZfEnvtfj7GLJG_TkGEWs5Ie9FdXNnNw/s400/IMG_2744.JPG" /></div><div align="center">winner: Isaiah</div><div align="center">taker of blurry photographs: Mom</div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 299px; height: 400px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5732239180144705874" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpeee7YEWNifP-PStiioZvfTxgbOtTdt9UTG5YAO2jq3VkkgohsO7weIr3BMBZ4aGVawzFnHQwNdaLusOj9oHtwgZHgdgIG7TjyZwqMQqcuxaZeO74-ThGfzsyKCJK4cV27q5waoPnf_8/s400/IMG_2746.JPG" /></div><div align="center">and an honorable mention: Elisha from the Revolutionary War</div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 299px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5732239169827511506" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidpXPsaPm4wdACxLweVhdjCrATSDxqcE67dMCCAMOJDfnGOnNoWXalDK7-5es-F5HuTIROB-fTuf5PaUvXkszp1-B2Rul69OXXqG5hgFwAlX0XOnbEL7VgphA73yuHhxOT9vsS7pR5DZc/s400/IMG_2747.JPG" /></div><div align="center">category: Star Wars</div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 299px; height: 400px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5732239166346231298" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8pL4PpvoLVRU2-yn9_8TmWIh_6UdKrKzp0Yy6ZXG-plcUnMdc3er_2VAPbcpY0NvD8EhWbWyCyaWqDu75hDdgmdj9x572b9gcR2FAz2zrE5nn3MpC3Nk8KRncu63w9gPVHACWtBSGKIA/s400/IMG_2752.JPG" /></div><div align="center"> winner: Micah as Princess Leia as she looked in "The Empire Strikes Back"</div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 299px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5732236910976514770" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB3Mp1JrFhWQ1C05F5UIIRPVtby7E1co7ScojlETcevGegs53lRAN7W1zeytpwhkmCI4ez51dAgaZDOpOSbmulqA1fUFs3l6I63aoQ_TzM2AjRO4-SlbC9xSfp_28enNECsVrcHJagig8/s400/IMG_2754.JPG" /></div><div align="center">category: western (3 cowboys and 1 indian)</div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 299px; height: 400px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5732236905329048882" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOiS-2wkyoHvlANGmdOOY_V6mKyRhtIpmNWgl0wFEva-LwzUTKOou2G_poXsDnZVP0N-O2xnD7hOFPhl31faYRXTKu9WVm7hriKQz2UB8iJuyF5FM-5CofxHMvAZaH5sFC29rA_mfSp1A/s400/IMG_2755.JPG" /></div><div align="center">winner: tie between Elias and Isaiah</div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 299px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5732236900688581538" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi359Pe1FQqV_wIes1mit_4RHEZKPj2BOA6MKdTb-sE3FaQr_Xp1LJitM-hIVos8kRJlsPUGeKq8zjxoZKGi-hvhcVXcfznV432PdlhmLDr4xgu1750xGL4kbFyWu-O8rN2ALhzd7PGDUo/s400/IMG_2759.JPG" /></div><div align="center">category: rangers (inspired, I believe, by the Ranger's Apprentice books)</div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 299px; height: 400px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5732236896163843010" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKtDKAZQzVjsm4ymZrpzoA8as1F46J3a-1N0jQUin3eV5czf7Xobt8uH29EiRBtCvkRArgEV6lUm6SME1Hw0qiXY2A5HghyphenhyphenFnQzYZYYyRHzeQvrenueOSCxkR96scVMbOCU19iQ8KEIvE/s400/IMG_2760.JPG" /></div><div align="center"> winner: Elisha</div><div align="left"> </div><div><div><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 299px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5732234208650869346" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6rpQRDtvVLb1wWyq-k3_380c95SO7SRLXedY1z9EwPh9s7gUPpRNArFczPTNgg_G0w9MMVRUOCO89TEa01uwiAbfp5pIicoJl2H3CWcChwLIBOgmX6vIX906-rCrh5FZ7L7lwGeWs5jc/s400/IMG_2766.JPG" /></div><div align="center">The category: business people</div><div> <img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 299px; height: 400px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5732234202591709346" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguyE2vsei8phHzvqCQ6nznuHrf6XHU0qAE4YWeCRUmr2aD8y1ROdW21XqWOrddf9zutNT33PyT_4MEk_Q65cx_8Aui06QLh4WsSX23Y70ckS_-OHTN4XUJxdTnSAAf556DACvMrfSIWBU/s400/IMG_2769.JPG" /></div><div align="center"> the winner: Elias. The tie and briefcase sealed the deal</div><div> </div><div><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 299px; height: 400px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5732231542558922082" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3uL8YpI2aEXYbESXSOEcMV86kFJ2DwjUkwpwlFRaOcKC4C-Q96oKLzSJOsvH8eGXG_riva0gax9QojWDVav7cyI9l7pGPASNosZkS9Ml4775TugMIqT9Enkivki2jyzCz91sS2uK2dGo/s400/IMG_2773.JPG" /></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">Category: NERDS</div><div align="center">Clearly, we have been watching a bit too much of Blimey Cow. </div><div align="center"> </div><div><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 299px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5732231530375229938" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl9Twd6CUsPfO6B5ekCCTwza39FyJnCB5yzG8apiks5inokNYyJUrttdq9b7YSjtlwK3PFld-CqgtkeXYmRzs2KAmZYkFYKf-sPMlbERjmiRu8bmK0IyzcVRVUva7dtkwbQXJSzG4Xh8A/s400/IMG_2776.JPG" /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Karen Dunhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09192412215210854276noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7243851072340168481.post-34559312402402107602012-03-12T22:10:00.012-06:002012-03-13T00:51:40.083-06:0016? How did we get here?<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5TJZ6BDD0uYPn4_Klpk4O_2TIxy-QXJ6JR_qc44Df4uY4PvQ-6xMmPOVDIoLTgekjHWN9HmYULdqhQFjjZ7hQ4MWJ48IqAN75UGn84hxswvnd4IQWL-Pd4gJwpndL-XYFRukDRF62Ocg/s1600/IMG_2015.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 299px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5719268649939853266" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5TJZ6BDD0uYPn4_Klpk4O_2TIxy-QXJ6JR_qc44Df4uY4PvQ-6xMmPOVDIoLTgekjHWN9HmYULdqhQFjjZ7hQ4MWJ48IqAN75UGn84hxswvnd4IQWL-Pd4gJwpndL-XYFRukDRF62Ocg/s400/IMG_2015.JPG" /></a>With Micah<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVtc7Uh_nEVWxYpMBC15fK9r-kj58FswiyzBnbo_kdaT0PwsRDIolcD-foz0r0vLB88Zfe-9g8z7R1bvcAgMzypCr8bmXWxjXDCp5BTTNgJzxycUy7yZl0AwtoM9HW769e1nqm4SAfQzw/s1600/IMG_2196.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 299px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5719268645155916338" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVtc7Uh_nEVWxYpMBC15fK9r-kj58FswiyzBnbo_kdaT0PwsRDIolcD-foz0r0vLB88Zfe-9g8z7R1bvcAgMzypCr8bmXWxjXDCp5BTTNgJzxycUy7yZl0AwtoM9HW769e1nqm4SAfQzw/s400/IMG_2196.JPG" /></a>And Elias - they were big buds<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrn11gCpAqL_dWfFkq5oc3uRH2KfjM0D8-K63JNdSHvlbhWPNg_mRiPrNdRGMsCYlPKlD-7erERvzhKgKIiw-au76wUVNvrhIvVEi8PV8MEnVxDiDIvVAMXlPZW0b0zOb3nCLsuJYYBFs/s1600/IMG_2050.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 299px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5719268634596261762" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrn11gCpAqL_dWfFkq5oc3uRH2KfjM0D8-K63JNdSHvlbhWPNg_mRiPrNdRGMsCYlPKlD-7erERvzhKgKIiw-au76wUVNvrhIvVEi8PV8MEnVxDiDIvVAMXlPZW0b0zOb3nCLsuJYYBFs/s400/IMG_2050.JPG" /></a>Elisha and Isaiah, his other partners in crime<br /><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisNlqPWMHSz8y5UwbYH76lBbelvopi9Rc6c_X_gYiUcYHQgmsipOXsahW7Sc4Jn-v2bBL8TZuMqUKkj40oRJKwAvC4E52HNn26WwDY11FRgu-qQher_hhG5qb5Sb-UDt3GPKqfn7L0Vb4/s1600/P1010168.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 268px; height: 400px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5719254236195997330" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisNlqPWMHSz8y5UwbYH76lBbelvopi9Rc6c_X_gYiUcYHQgmsipOXsahW7Sc4Jn-v2bBL8TZuMqUKkj40oRJKwAvC4E52HNn26WwDY11FRgu-qQher_hhG5qb5Sb-UDt3GPKqfn7L0Vb4/s400/P1010168.JPG" /></a></div><div> ye olde fire guy</div><div> </div><div><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 267px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5719254242756942114" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Kx4r3y_IBfs5pfoP0hTWy5gb-WHO1mVSBjHTx9yIjqfLji1-W_akw4cOReEi9PyBApgrlzPZo5HZZE4L_u8qRUrLgt4Jm9iloLe7grnVfw4e-OnN3XXx1i79kZSU67I23oXHISgraQU/s400/hobo+054.JPG" />rope swing action. </div><div>I have no idea why all of these photos say "Elias's" in the corner....reason 74,249 why not to give the kids the camera.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGvhSYiFUEaaXSdbPc9yzMMj13r-OKPhh7EFWuHy0C8FtuD7lZgGyD4xRpf6hFJGE9vkxY0xCRVJs1Vyy3gxiWfLB3ALzHNGl5neeMGZ1z0y0DU8fuAUetlxsy8L4NR3Zev2q9SEJftqI/s1600/IMG_1184.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 299px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5719254231561670994" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGvhSYiFUEaaXSdbPc9yzMMj13r-OKPhh7EFWuHy0C8FtuD7lZgGyD4xRpf6hFJGE9vkxY0xCRVJs1Vyy3gxiWfLB3ALzHNGl5neeMGZ1z0y0DU8fuAUetlxsy8L4NR3Zev2q9SEJftqI/s400/IMG_1184.JPG" /></a>with the Curles on Black Friday this year in San Diego....at 3:30 in the morning.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKm4qkmF_-aKM33m6gDHBuXUtF3W7srcGTINTkSlutWellMmxuaMZXuMMMQlDYELMO7a-SYRqierwvVL-Ge2XzJIpzGqS__h_9qgIVa6oqtyt7BmB0Hm5FaOUrlVPLOasMTOF1mkoMMVI/s1600/IMG_0485.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5719253423490529394" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKm4qkmF_-aKM33m6gDHBuXUtF3W7srcGTINTkSlutWellMmxuaMZXuMMMQlDYELMO7a-SYRqierwvVL-Ge2XzJIpzGqS__h_9qgIVa6oqtyt7BmB0Hm5FaOUrlVPLOasMTOF1mkoMMVI/s400/IMG_0485.JPG" /></a>Crown of the Continent Guitar Workshop this past summer<br />Below - at the church talent show last year<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjelxaoDglleTNDz2goBPesNGDzHafhU_uMYW7E-oFr7j5J5RrRqOjWbqSL_Y5zY4evixv6wqqKkkGy5DX6l8XrWwYbFVoVwtII4oBOvQUEWvKETx7p5v7X5owQYgZco3UukMj3-dW4KuI/s1600/P1050818.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 225px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5719253418517198722" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjelxaoDglleTNDz2goBPesNGDzHafhU_uMYW7E-oFr7j5J5RrRqOjWbqSL_Y5zY4evixv6wqqKkkGy5DX6l8XrWwYbFVoVwtII4oBOvQUEWvKETx7p5v7X5owQYgZco3UukMj3-dW4KuI/s400/P1050818.JPG" /></a></div><div><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 267px; height: 400px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5719253412179314258" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIhqQgzfDtQksetl5CFvaaVTLHL41WN-C90o5A27yms6c7XxyqB186odk9IQ3Rsnuhv6RfLwnLT1uD7aeu8jeImnbgoy7n0Ivus_6mHcuHXapboUANFBqp1MSIyl44PVwhWOsSo42yxSE/s400/IMG_0891.JPG" /><div> </div><div>Yep, the boy is 16. Today. Wow. I loved every minute (well, okay that is a gross exaggeration, but I did really LOVE it) of my kids' baby and little-personhood. I would agree to live it all over again without a second's hesitation. But there is something really wonderful about having your kids get older and watching them develop into the people that God designed them to be. With that said, we all think Josiah is the bomb. One of our little family birthday rituals is (along with your choice of dinner and breakfast on your special day) that everyone in the family tells something that they appreciate or are thankful for about the birthday kid. Tonight, it was really fun hearing the kids are go on and on about what they loved about Jo. Most of them had more than one thing to share that they were bubbling over with. You gotta love that. Some points shared by us all are that Josiah is a thinker who considers what he is doing (even the rotten things, and even if he isn't real quick about changing them, he is thinking about them and trying to go the direction of what is right). He is okay with who he is (meaning that he is just who he is and he is okay if other people aren't okay with that. He knows what he believes about a lot of things and will stand up for those things). Josiah is talented, funny, fun, faithful, and loves his family. He is also really great to be around and we all love to listen to him play guitar....and piano. I am thankful for Josiah and for the man that he is growing into and I am going to bawl like a baby when he moves out one day - but we aren't going to think about that now. Son, we are proud of you and love you to the moon and back, over and over and over and over again.</div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>Karen Dunhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09192412215210854276noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7243851072340168481.post-15157501732176512792012-03-12T21:59:00.002-06:002012-03-12T22:10:23.478-06:00cheater cheaterSo, I am a cheater....and a very lame blogger. This is not new news to any of you reading this. It is always my intention to, at the very least, blog on each of the kids' birthdays. But, somehow, it is only the ones that have birthdays in Feb. and March that get a post. It is not that I love them any more or love the others any less, but that my world is a blur from September through December when two birthdays take place. I have a little better grip on life in Feb. and March. Not sure what my problem is with the July birthday, but pretty sure it relates to the second part of that first sentence above. So, that said, here's the cheater part. I am going to try to do those birthday posts in the next week and post them as if I WEREN'T a lame blogger and have them appear on the actual birthday dates on this blog. Hence the cheater part. So, Dad, this is for you - in the next couple weeks, you can start looking at previous months, and posts may miraculously appear where there previously were none. Or maybe you just missed them while you were wearing out your computer going to the blog to find NOTHING NEW EVERY DAY. Or maybe I am a cheater....but I never cheated on tests...just at blogging. In case you were wondering.Karen Dunhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09192412215210854276noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7243851072340168481.post-38191868904388248422012-02-24T16:54:00.001-07:002012-03-28T23:55:43.332-06:00Nine - and Ready to Rule the World<div align="left">Nine very short years ago our lives were changed forever. Our little Micah, who is now NOT little and nine and way too big and able to rule a few small countries if we'd let her (but we won't - it'd be a dictatorship), was born. She is such a fun, happy, crazy, sweet, darling, snarky, sarcastic, sensitive, kind, wonderful little person. I had a great time taking photos of her baby pictures in the albums so that I could upload them here. Here are some favorites - they make me want to cry. Actually, I did cry. And then I gave her a big, fat hug. </div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left"> </div><div><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 320px; height: 239px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5725184339073688162" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi25EDRtnnuT1PDXB7g5q6NlQX-3JnKxTjHvWL4l-lGjave72Tw7PIpjujBa6Cj3OubPL-40d0jstiyN0Xw6z7Xf0ODtfmnBU1Gl7ADnk41dNpWWuqagG0Izh3dn8bnmZMfuF-B8EaNPOI/s320/IMG_1996.JPG" /></div><div align="center">Welcome to the world, darling baby! </div><div align="center">Here she is, just minutes old, still wrapped in the blanket she was received in. She was very alert and looking all around her. Micah was 9 pounds, 13 ounces (amazing considering how skinny she is now) and 23 1/2 inches long. Her labor was a very short, wild ride - and I whined the whole way. Brad, my Mom, Michelle Freund (my most wonderful fabulous midwife in the world), Kelly Gonzales, and Pam Wilson were there for the triumphal entry. Jennifer McDaniel missed the show by about 5 minutes. She came with Curan who was three weeks old and we played "pass the babies" and compared how much longer and heavier Micah was than Curan and how much bigger her feet were. </div><div align="center"> </div><div> </div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 320px; height: 240px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5725184325254236354" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzOfiQRS3v8z3gCaUEMjagITJbEc8-PPLc9xLCNbU69VmnkYangRDmR4h0triaftPFpSPHkmhIxCCabRoyKUclj9oeyqLNJlXSY_-eZ46ZGrKzFL_KT8TzuXXdC9PrcHb9Ko8z_oCqdcA/s320/delete+after+karen+gets+hers+230.JPG" /></div><div align="center">Here she is, brand new with big brother who was very proud. This was her first morning.</div><div align="center"> </div><div> </div><div> <img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 299px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5725182619091552866" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigIzViH2nybkABWi1ARwmseLwon2jYSV2GLKOzK5jQb5sK5WxCMiXX3-gg-xH0mcyTQsRz83CBWH_YHWFskEOnFd0QE986CPQHz5FtNWgqoy1dxu-kNgHZTpoXkkRn9t90SvXRvuAXsq4/s400/IMG_1997.JPG" /></div><div align="center"> brand new with her big sister. The beginning of a best friendship</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 320px; height: 239px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5725185778766399234" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfR0f3UDhtebxZysirj25tQwNjFKkaFSeEa2-GjF4TK-ptSFB-ZlqpQhShiWu_uKzZiMS8uwowrQBLjBaWJTM9ZKIyPUnS3-81Kd_JSADmz5osd-HdfYsMVBixt-CZNufwjCDomucN-Qg/s320/IMG_2002.JPG" /></div><div align="center"> She wasn't so sure about Elias....so we invited her to join the club - which is still in existence</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 299px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5725179539820399458" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP0fAOY-dpQIoENXLgfxBxqlkL9BY_JLgRh2K2IUfDUUH0HbAIHKSCXO640uhoH3pzluv3f0gpRlZ4B5IOFwbLSVBWBhIWaKrHU8OdbbiaPR0ljtzMXXRhVao9zN4Dv4RWY-Unw87cyCM/s400/IMG_2006.JPG" /></div><div align="center">Micah was super smiley right from the beginning. She smiled way earlier than we thought humanly possible and she's been smiling ever since. Here she is being a Daddy's girl...still is</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 299px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5725179538144647682" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqpa9xTdrudvPQEARGDbg4JZ5zopWbI1dZYG_acFeQmRyitqK6KaKsjFAtf0FpFXHS3aGHLrnf063j75m-N0ZyuHoproqxAWt_zlyy8uSL647eEZ-PA76rVkageRduJ_x1g2t_ikrLiYY/s400/IMG_2009.JPG" /></div><div align="center">Micah was always (was?) super busy. From the time she was tiny, her legs never stopped moving. She held them straight up in the air and kicked them around. She would put her legs up under the bar on this bouncy seat (see how she has them in the picture?) and push and she would send that bar hurtling across the room</div><div> </div><div> </div><div><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 299px; height: 400px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5725177545616785826" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVMAZgXZjNjuUMt3pLbdjjKoH-SJ3DrFW88Gy91F5UiF6-uQtX-lOy2f8LHoRHE8eBm1e6nW0qkwb54tdA5iUKJkJt4DuPAy5wEUbAwkSXfwgbBtAHLpvm8U8RNPN4BFdy2U8QQJJoQmw/s400/IMG_2018.JPG" /></div><div align="center">I love this one...so cute and bright-eyed!</div><div align="center"> </div><div> </div><div><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 299px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5725177529898099394" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYaw9Umfzcd9tzvprz14HzloVlYXUeYJ6tmhak2TzoscWgseN2LZjkgtVGxnaORh4XDD1NfPestZdqNmy9i7EbkNyqK9qZAEhXiu6RhBV4ASh6Zv6xABtpXvt2aWD2-KM1OromTx2ltJg/s400/IMG_2021.JPG" /></div><div align="center"> The gymnast nursing baby....remember what I said about those legs? This was typical.</div><div> </div><div> </div><div><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 299px; height: 400px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5725174366442014978" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Bu041ZPN7B3gPEWsMK0wuYuakUcScApS7W_j2TR1ZDVo_S433t1W2BP1IwDlk30OImPtd7p5337TNm9G5ExdHorwZEryo_s0VoAN_sO3sYeSA_jmmMnw_gBzpreTpdjNzwtJXZIKwaQ/s400/IMG_2004.JPG" /></div><div align="center"> These were her first steps by herself - she walked at 10 1/2 months</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div> <img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 299px; height: 400px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5725182606060488242" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNYqJhdoAPDKHMtF4aXHgHlORhNx6dmzX-dVoi-nFMmFGUevnoZ1UZ6SfP5kO-9ohIwyAh5vnIBVTDbJGSBZb8HBywnQ-LkO8MaxCTC8psF_IPzr8b3o3HzVGvGDSIgj9poBMDLiPNf2Y/s400/IMG_2032.JPG" /></div><div align="center"> Dancing with her buddy, Elias.</div><div align="center"> </div><div> </div><div><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5725174382140752674" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxjOH63kn1Jr8hXQqdlcUpFfObuKvOHkdmjzJ1fjWOKa3EVnmTUnAw4I6r0G3LArcv2R1cwK0P_qqMAVBkTc7aEA051mJJPGcueUns5yKFF7g9BmAITgTObq6GOG2wcQzyKXyKCvjrzWs/s400/DSC01711.JPG" /></div><div align="center">We start 'em out reading young....she fell asleep many a days "reading" with books all over her bed</div><div align="center"> </div><div> </div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx872UQYBBSF9yOddj5v0HMuRMc8KnuGGOn0DsT7uMd6YsOKHs9H_ayg3-_nWMK3_kKn1g0uBIiQKGsPr0Eox1Bp2h8mzXrGSV2ImsFtGFPmCSRBUWJCkuKev2EZZ8De2DjGiX8fixcOI/s1600/delete+after+karen+gets+hers+243.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 274px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5725092382687950018" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx872UQYBBSF9yOddj5v0HMuRMc8KnuGGOn0DsT7uMd6YsOKHs9H_ayg3-_nWMK3_kKn1g0uBIiQKGsPr0Eox1Bp2h8mzXrGSV2ImsFtGFPmCSRBUWJCkuKev2EZZ8De2DjGiX8fixcOI/s400/delete+after+karen+gets+hers+243.JPG" /></a>Just say it - she's yummy. </div><div align="center">This was a photo taken for our kids' musical at church in San Diego.</div><div align="center"><br /> </div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9oJTXxsdvO0lYZ62ZSn_52b2UlNCInTV9JSjfqM_eVGJAlnPNDd5EpFVCLQ-gc_ZdsEZjMTzbFxnvbEh1ja1WyuZM-VjRZCCFXnLzS4ipLBzWIKgdphaNGO57QuLdXDstxTSqpVsUbgo/s1600/DSC01803.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 267px; height: 400px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5725092376833539986" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9oJTXxsdvO0lYZ62ZSn_52b2UlNCInTV9JSjfqM_eVGJAlnPNDd5EpFVCLQ-gc_ZdsEZjMTzbFxnvbEh1ja1WyuZM-VjRZCCFXnLzS4ipLBzWIKgdphaNGO57QuLdXDstxTSqpVsUbgo/s400/DSC01803.JPG" /></a>don't you just want to pinch those cutiie-patootie dimply cheeks? I do....I did. </div><div align="center">These were her very favorite jammies.</div><div align="center"><br /> </div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvTGSkH_HLqCXyPkpU4Jp7frmEFJEjoQ5-LkyOVku2xQ00oJc74D_hkew0AZUORDJOe5dEpPeKrD74a1PrpXbXVL7OFXMowlS1GayrGTGwMwTQJZn49AHo7ejOkUlCgTwnTHVFUJBEJ7k/s1600/FROM+LAPTOP2+161.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5725092374785458402" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvTGSkH_HLqCXyPkpU4Jp7frmEFJEjoQ5-LkyOVku2xQ00oJc74D_hkew0AZUORDJOe5dEpPeKrD74a1PrpXbXVL7OFXMowlS1GayrGTGwMwTQJZn49AHo7ejOkUlCgTwnTHVFUJBEJ7k/s400/FROM+LAPTOP2+161.JPG" /></a>Always a big goofball</div><div align="center"><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAI4BO5E7aYKQ68qjWyI1COddFj0zN5OBPfey2wN9mpF4MV50HGwloJa6Bo_3KvhnPKlGcRK0CJZqd7R5rS5SHu6HlgU9UUHd2ji_VvD97-17nwbewGntbgcUNlUjjM0Vm0l02QJ0t2q0/s1600/P1070196.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5725091157848611602" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAI4BO5E7aYKQ68qjWyI1COddFj0zN5OBPfey2wN9mpF4MV50HGwloJa6Bo_3KvhnPKlGcRK0CJZqd7R5rS5SHu6HlgU9UUHd2ji_VvD97-17nwbewGntbgcUNlUjjM0Vm0l02QJ0t2q0/s400/P1070196.JPG" /></a>Elisha made a cake for her little sister this year. Isn't it great? AND, I didn't have to do it - which was even greater.</div><div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2VR-fHuhrPsECvhJ64FCejXETgw0FVfuaTUkMoMRHDnlHiaASub3gQWZ08dDiTzd0qgsmG1iPTTD52d6h8PImPIh_RgPH-P-hnQu3QFGi2t3H3DRoi66nl0zNbEYJhk7dCifY6QASscM/s1600/IMG_2266.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 299px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5725091145343399634" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2VR-fHuhrPsECvhJ64FCejXETgw0FVfuaTUkMoMRHDnlHiaASub3gQWZ08dDiTzd0qgsmG1iPTTD52d6h8PImPIh_RgPH-P-hnQu3QFGi2t3H3DRoi66nl0zNbEYJhk7dCifY6QASscM/s400/IMG_2266.JPG" /></a>And here she is - in all her nine year old glory....and her new birthday hat.</div><div align="center">Oh Happy Birthday, Micah. We love you so much. <div> </div><div> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Karen Dunhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09192412215210854276noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7243851072340168481.post-8950081926749291032011-12-10T10:57:00.002-07:002011-12-10T11:03:57.241-07:00Great Vision Forum Christmas Sale - Black Friday Revisited<a href="http://www.visionforum.com/130-0-1-206.html" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://affiliates.visionforum.com/banners/black friday rerun.jpg" width="600" height="377" alt=""></a>Karen Dunhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09192412215210854276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7243851072340168481.post-46623522703956873962011-12-05T22:47:00.000-07:002012-04-14T18:14:40.893-06:00Isaiah the Teenager<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaLfZF0m1NfSigf-LOl3wl87ukbgHFqzLCLeukAg9RWGrgPJTgW0qxQmj7V5lUE75e6ia9s2X03hzBgHgi5caiBLsGp_c3Q1cOpqXBSb49SzsrdZgK7-xGwOFcXogm5KCjd6LZQEFJRx4/s1600/IMG_2772.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 299px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731413732609680946" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaLfZF0m1NfSigf-LOl3wl87ukbgHFqzLCLeukAg9RWGrgPJTgW0qxQmj7V5lUE75e6ia9s2X03hzBgHgi5caiBLsGp_c3Q1cOpqXBSb49SzsrdZgK7-xGwOFcXogm5KCjd6LZQEFJRx4/s400/IMG_2772.JPG" /></a>It wasn't long ago - about half a year, I think - that we had all sorts of little people running around....when number 5 was born the oldest wasn't quite yet 7. So I am not sure exactly how I got to the place where as of today, we have three teenagers in the house. We realized that there will be a 17 day period (18 if it is a leap year) when we will have 5 teenagers in the house. We ought to take a really crazy road trip during those seventeen days. Teenagers get a bad wrap....I love my teenagers. That's a good thing becuase there is a new one in the family - Isaiah turned 13!!! Wow. Here he is with some of his birthday gifts. He is really into Army gear right now. Isaiah's birthday always falls on our trip back from San Diego. He has been such a sport about it, but this year he asked if maybe we could NOT be in the car on his actual day. So, we stayed a day later in San Diego. Isaiah is a very cheerful and easy-going kid. He is so quick to forgive others and admit when he has done something wrong - not that it necesarily changes, but at least he admits it!! He is a very motivated kid - when he was little, he would come to my bed at around 6am with his math book in hand, wake me up, and ask if I could do his math with him right then....um, I just figure that in my sleep, I must have had a look on my face that said "I wish I was teaching math right now instead of sleeping". Which is strange, because I am pretty sure that when I had 5 very small children, I really wanted to do a lot more sleeping than I did. <div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div>Isaiah is still driven. We love who he is and watching him grow. I can hardly believe that he is 13 years old....where does the time go. One thing that I love about Isaiah is that when he is done with his chores, if someone else isn't done - and that person might miss out on something fun because of their lack of dilligence - Isaiah jumps in to help them get their things finished. Not sure how great that is for the slacker, but I love the compassion that Isaiah has towards them. Here are some of my favorite photos of Isaiah when he was little. I had to take photos of them from his album and then upload them, so some of them look a little weird.</div><div> </div><div><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 299px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731412182379901186" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNmG7sUy6BTmEAOjrboEnrHTO7htQRoNFk_foeCu6dLvKrIgyL7io_7643S45aJcX4lJrO6OlN9NS_N4uH_QdQtF3Fm28ZGXjdb0E-hZw-NMMmytBdbmUX-qBLxOmJcn5pJyXIyaSug84/s400/IMG_2036.JPG" /></div><div align="center"> Brand spanking new, with Daddy. Oh, he was so yummy, and a sweet, easy baby.</div><div> </div><div><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 299px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731409031362445170" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibLsdcV_AbOu2JHGv18A_MExuXi24zOhenr_Oxfj-Xj1fl1EHis8EAFP4OVogwS22Thjd9z6KcSqSsDISds3-BhuenQkfIkjieYfhuqwXimZPkiaylar9bGQuCGsCQKAXRRKUlZis45dQ/s400/IMG_2041.JPG" /></div><div align="center">About 3 months.... and ready to rock and roll. </div><div> </div><div><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 299px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731409020298732018" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiy2DXfpKHjY7p_yTqrYcLczGdBpg6Or4mXsHYsL3ft6vkb_UZYoc1qesyO5Mx69MQ9l0Nvo9D-2r_lWt8iu7DdwipjencrUZyvHcHnGyzCtyaTQRif6njLvF9LzxCkPEcfUEdOHUPKpk/s400/IMG_2054.JPG" /></div><div align="center">With his new baby, Elias - just a few hours old. </div><div> <img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 299px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731409008782725906" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrjo7srpUouh7_QLixJryWCmSvxA6GJT3npnbFArHUc2h-b_u0Hk-MqR7-TVPwPwdYZrt7yZkPRg_uDHHPVu1Q-JIwrFpmlDh_Nc6MpNRbhjqV18F0G3NpSYbJoDHnx_H5008PwLICsBw/s400/IMG_2048.JPG" /></div><div align="center">We were re-doing the front yard in San Diego and it was a disaster....dirt, mud, dust, topsoil everywhere. Isaiah was in the middle of it. He took his little chair out there and sat amidst the loveliness of it all. He was about 18 months old. He found this little crack/hole in the sidewalk where water pooled and he stuck his nose in it and stood up with the above pirate's mustache and goatee. We all laughed so hard. OH, I miss his little 18 month-old self. </div><div> </div><div><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 299px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731409000193266658" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLqNTU4P_MWUMm7VfCFRpmjRZUuGbRKucD2Zjx_hRJTfuROKU8rnnls6ehyWO1C7EW4UNhJ9bCaPznjjqyXSBww_zUYiEoE6DQ6j6XSa4L7GuPBe7VKhYYaL6fIWt7P7rbS93FDiILt9o/s400/IMG_2058.JPG" /></div><div align="center"> Love this photo.. Happy little guy!!</div><div> </div><div><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 239px; height: 320px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5725559111842147682" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZQigh5xe07-0TINcmGk8amuiAt5TGWSAhRLYzk7uwsT5hE_RJ3XENuVX3fCngetXsjvx4p7p3gduUyk-cuIbXXdDwLg-Rd9hIEOQDIc-Vl44hnTWlE9E_PFWIU0UjSl9BNQDWfhVP1TQ/s320/IMG_2064.JPG" /></div><div align="center"> this is my favorite Isaiah photo, I think...it is just SOOOO him. </div><div> </div><div><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 320px; height: 239px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5725559101949271554" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8mdU60DLch3JrpQOLzjdaouPx6Qyqu_8cnQUgVhJ1M0htBgHuu2rv7edyIO_2lOHO4Na6_DAfF8jgM_sYuq98pUxu9i625UNGxOJ1i1XpyoBjPrsBVa5jcz7i2ix44Tql38Oai-VH2vk/s320/IMG_2060.JPG" /></div><div align="center"> Cute little guy!</div><div align="center"> </div><div> <img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 239px; height: 320px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5725559092976910898" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilSbbAHwxe4EwFfkmmurW0Z5mJzkpwia4K6IwWeEnU4P6KhrfnFBZ8KDhNA9spwlmUwz0MqxcJZaKjY9ZFmZPjLPj6-JI9j1BeS-WYsUABj7bITpB4Bz88JyyiWO74yqiOkqCozUE811Y/s320/IMG_2068.JPG" /></div><div align="center"> He is always covered with sand at the beach</div><div align="center"> </div><div> <img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 320px; height: 239px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5725557406257822514" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLW-LA_4J9G-EObxECwwHU7tcwF-RATVF6kKTVU02zklaBj6W6ET8qCTz2ebPaOw_2U0Hfz1ppqW0MPE5RIDbjiqU9v5YiiOw2MSz7E1qr2ZjbCbekdxOMIIFIrOGffkUP0aQAPukrD80/s320/IMG_2079.JPG" /></div><div align="center"> football stars - they were constantly playing football or baseball at our house</div><div align="center"> </div><div><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 320px; height: 239px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5725555702793974610" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6rs5x4zFiwrkY8wRZ5ebSSKkJbaMSGYLZ54EZYxHyWjjeJiLGCvRpwaViMyeebIFIDCjz6024I8Ps5CL57tQQoWxafs0MXs6Mo6-Agv2StI7VrkLQfMUf2DzZYSO9Ok-fIMlDuyFVBAY/s320/IMG_2098.JPG" /></div><div align="center">Elisha's first day of school, but Isaiah was so excited to be doing school </div><div align="center">he had to get in on the action</div><div> </div><div> <img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 239px; height: 320px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5725555695359609266" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCmYLIAEp0dKDLjsE2sjO-QTB65LGB3n_bvJRmM5-A8RECTaK7cv43IaM9sZ7eId3zmPIRbFYBSUUm8u6M6lszwtMbuh3nm-A5_Tiz4NxSpHA56sO3TIdmF4_oYOIxb9ZlwuDzpd5qYUg/s320/IMG_2074.JPG" /></div><div> </div><div><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 239px; height: 320px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5725553829852167026" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhooqoJSlE-mSdA1wCDEFn6KHlpFmFldDPmq3-k0SupiNN-7cIhnSiTf5hu4pKq3hmwUm7FOPmQLRuGLgIbR4wKe-LpMhpPfAmfLPZg5YZbpcieMdMblwzV3v33tOMCcj4hE_x8tVQemGY/s320/IMG_2089.JPG" /></div><div align="center"> Isaiah got baseball clothes and gear for his birthday this year. He wasn't old enough to play teeball (so he must have been 4), but he was so ready. He wanted me to take photos of him pretending he was playing baseball. Here he is "running the bases"</div><div> </div><div><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 240px; height: 320px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5725553821535586402" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx7BEBlSV75RNEnIlAGwrKSLKDWKhGpe0oUtzPTfKUFM7pgFVrnqYjypLFOKfSMlZDNjL_aUe9shQlydUM-kJ0JPbrNGpwQX3ZYldxc3N2BcOT5WO5JzGNhzRDKSiE2odfglAih8racjc/s320/FROM+LAPTOP1+148.JPG" /></div><div align="center"> Getting so big even here</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">And here he is as a new teenager - 13 big years old. We love you, Isaiah and we are glad that you aren't going to be a waitress when you grow up (private joke!). </div><div align="center"> </div><div> <img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 239px; height: 320px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5725553810941182706" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioG0x49qM3EK_XxL_RKLlb0PTUQdBDMgVV5lNF4iD20ff9zIxK3oRcI-2iZ1CdjzBZWX3Vmm8kx5JsVHibhhz1Dnqz5HEb-6Mz-j8bP_01EYOv-RE7pkb-tiJ1x2E0bQRqjPVXdv7wVWs/s320/IMG_1365.JPG" /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Karen Dunhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09192412215210854276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7243851072340168481.post-63319764125715619282011-11-14T13:00:00.002-07:002011-11-14T13:31:22.433-07:00Vision Forum 20% off sale<a href="http://www.visionforum.com/130-0-1-197.html" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://affiliates.visionforum.com/banners/20-171x233.jpg" width="171" height="233" alt=""></a>Karen Dunhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09192412215210854276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7243851072340168481.post-80344332112789309592011-08-13T22:17:00.005-06:002011-08-14T00:18:29.859-06:00Pressing On, My New Favorite BlogMy new, favorite blog is <a href="http://lmelonakos.wordpress.com/">Pressing On</a>. The funny thing is, it is written by a 17 year old girl that Josiah met through the Curles' Girls. They get together to play (music, not Legos or airsoft) when we are in San Diego. Lyssa is a talented musician, an engaging writer and wise way beyond her years. I am encouraged by her insight. You will be too. Check it out and subscribe... and be blessed by a young woman dedicated to Christ, using her gifts to direct the rest of us to Him and His truths.
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<br />Karen Dunhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09192412215210854276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7243851072340168481.post-81990187261659881052011-08-11T16:01:00.002-06:002011-08-11T16:05:01.098-06:00Soup Bones and ShanksI know that this is not a really exciting post for most of you after much silence on the blog, BUT, some of our bison customers will be happy. I often have requests for ideas to use soup bones and shanks. These cuts are an excellent source of nutrients because of the marrow in the bones. Not only that, but they make the best soup stock/broth that you have ever tasted. I have a double use for my shanks and soup bones. First I make soup stock, then I use the meat for enchiladas. Both are super easy. Here is how I do it:
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<br /><strong>Bison Stock
<br /></strong>2 packs soup bones/shanks
<br />Water to cover
<br />Seasonings….whatever you like
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<br />Place unwrapped, frozen shanks or soup bones in crock pot (mine is 6 quarts). Cover with water. Add salt, pepper, and any seasonings you like (I use real salt, garlic powder, Montreal steak seasoning, pepper). Cook on low for 10 – 24 hours (if you cook them for the longer period of time, you will need to add additional water). Turn off crock pot and let cool for an hour or so. Pull out the pieces of bone and meat and place in a large bowl. Strain broth through fine mesh cheese cloth (the only place I can find it is at Bed, Bath and Beyond). Store broth in freezer containers and label. Pick the meat from the bones and set aside for enchiladas. Here’s the way I do it.
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<br /><strong>Easy Bison Enchiladas
<br /></strong>Tortillas (corn or flour)
<br />Enchilada sauce
<br />Shredded Cheese
<br />Meat from your shanks/soup bones
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<br />Pour enchilada sauce over bottom of pan (9x13). Fill tortillas with meat and roll them up. Set in pan. Once the pan is full, pour sauce over the enchiladas – I use a lot – and then sprinkle (or totally cover) with shredded cheese of your choice. Bake at 350 degrees for about 30 minutes.
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<br />I make this for our monthly church potluck - super easy, makes a bunch and gets rave reviews….they disappear immediately.
<br />Karen Dunhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09192412215210854276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7243851072340168481.post-10660467188507417802011-06-16T11:58:00.006-06:002012-04-14T14:38:54.250-06:00Not Your Grandma's Road Trip<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkjOxKLFN2HwtGE4xqdcyAoJaHOM_AFbT4mXbjGFVCc4FmyrfK_cEHZR2f8YOiJAGi2L1xEVl-n4ZyAPPLIQDaUnJwVbh2B3YKznQcRyU0w759gbJU9OpycT6E5sUmoyXLAORHFdxEa3c/s1600/IMG_0021.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 320px; height: 240px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731358552179709602" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkjOxKLFN2HwtGE4xqdcyAoJaHOM_AFbT4mXbjGFVCc4FmyrfK_cEHZR2f8YOiJAGi2L1xEVl-n4ZyAPPLIQDaUnJwVbh2B3YKznQcRyU0w759gbJU9OpycT6E5sUmoyXLAORHFdxEa3c/s320/IMG_0021.JPG" /></a>Depending on how old you are, that could have been a nice, long trip in a covered wagon. But that's not what I'm talking about. I guess I mean that it is "not my KIDS' grandma's road trip" which would be my mother, but that didn't sound as good. Road trips have changed - even in the last few years. Initialy, it was the DVD player that made things easier. But that's old news. Technology has changed things completely. Now, Brad's phone can be turned into a hot spot - Viola - instant WIFI. Here I am working on a blog post and Josiah has been redesigning the church youth website as we drive along. No problem keeping in touch via email or on Facebook or getting on the internet. We can watch instant watches on Netflix or one of the many DVDs stored on Josiah's iPad. An iTrip allows full access to your itunes library. No DVDs or CDs necessary. It truly is amazing. I am sure that our grandparents and even our parents would never have imagined it like this. There is nothing left to complain about on a road trip, UNLESS you are the driver - unfortunately, nothing has really changed in that area. Sorry, Honey.Karen Dunhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09192412215210854276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7243851072340168481.post-7750858646586829652011-05-01T15:50:00.000-06:002011-05-01T22:11:33.592-06:00Our Summer Swimming Hole<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQn9yQX-SGYRjIlZ6CztCjwp2EgYeGfQRlmXRPMVW8jX9gEUIzvhCwyp20y1Q-ESooUupxCYtKJLEU9yl5HRH9EU4ip5NZ6NJbEHpBqk9f9EV0MJYRj0kBm5Q2irDmvVgkG4yFxpe6UkI/s1600/P1050956.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 225px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5600766972679192354" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQn9yQX-SGYRjIlZ6CztCjwp2EgYeGfQRlmXRPMVW8jX9gEUIzvhCwyp20y1Q-ESooUupxCYtKJLEU9yl5HRH9EU4ip5NZ6NJbEHpBqk9f9EV0MJYRj0kBm5Q2irDmvVgkG4yFxpe6UkI/s400/P1050956.JPG" /></a>Last summer, a great public swimming area opened in Lakeside. Although Flathead Lake is HUGE there is very little public swimming access. This place is beautiful with a gazebo, bathrooms, a grassy area and plenty of parking. We just went down to hang out the other night. "They" let the water in Flathead Lake out through the Hungry Horse Dam in the winter, and then they let it back in a little at a time during the spring. The level is just now starting to go up. Can't wait til we can swim in it this summer. The docks and large rocks in the water make it a super fun place to swim. Last year, since it was new, we don't think a lot of people knew about it and it was never very crowded. We expect this summer to be a different story.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO32DOY5KHMFj8EVsBMB0X8e6u_4zy9mVbXkAdjQ45vnAQqQMWMC8XookA33QVQ3tFNIcl4NUWytRBgwkasx4UHZVw46PCzk-9vGyz5TPUCkD1lRSXLL3YBOm4wv8GHbx-G2CbyiLuyao/s1600/P1050966.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 225px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5600763736440503714" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO32DOY5KHMFj8EVsBMB0X8e6u_4zy9mVbXkAdjQ45vnAQqQMWMC8XookA33QVQ3tFNIcl4NUWytRBgwkasx4UHZVw46PCzk-9vGyz5TPUCkD1lRSXLL3YBOm4wv8GHbx-G2CbyiLuyao/s400/P1050966.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_HQGBwZq3Pr8df-zriG7C1dIJinBJkAqs9HwmmUCuyUyYPSgLY2GTkMJeQYmSfxpaQzDZSY7hf5a8zqNZNdDbkA8HDMOVugMJq9M9NBHecjYG6wKTJKiVvXHpYERCO0rloLgnboLt3tc/s1600/P1050958.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 225px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5600763728183415906" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_HQGBwZq3Pr8df-zriG7C1dIJinBJkAqs9HwmmUCuyUyYPSgLY2GTkMJeQYmSfxpaQzDZSY7hf5a8zqNZNdDbkA8HDMOVugMJq9M9NBHecjYG6wKTJKiVvXHpYERCO0rloLgnboLt3tc/s400/P1050958.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div>Karen Dunhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09192412215210854276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7243851072340168481.post-21878907707598066162011-04-27T16:57:00.000-06:002011-04-28T16:56:14.627-06:00The Dunham Fun Bus<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV1rfAUh1v95MSJOhbk58CabYposQvAKVoZ7Om9sT_WjwY1oUYfkEEV1lVUhkZ99UIYVWbe0ExvmXaO58wehBDH_dls8s7e0EE-dPtP_Pxhmc_JeNUXk0RLKXgryJqlz0PuoEVXE1kg2o/s1600/P1050885.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 225px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597461206263612386" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV1rfAUh1v95MSJOhbk58CabYposQvAKVoZ7Om9sT_WjwY1oUYfkEEV1lVUhkZ99UIYVWbe0ExvmXaO58wehBDH_dls8s7e0EE-dPtP_Pxhmc_JeNUXk0RLKXgryJqlz0PuoEVXE1kg2o/s400/P1050885.JPG" /></a>And a bus it is!! We have had car issues all winter.....the Expedition is still doing great, but the truck (AKA The Black Beast) is not. It is a no-wheel-drive that has no business on the road anytime even resembling winter . And we haven't even discussed cosmetic issues - the poor guy has been through a lot and is missing all his teeth! See??<br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 225px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597461198887556226" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1sMAxDioZjj9y11i_vAG5hlZxV_WDAdTpBqCRgoiliaoJq0EK0XWfrQ0BqjeZ5BC6jZLtLVNEEMLT3BQ0e4LhCfcT6_e9QcNSfiiYRx2fottmzyXRByvJFngPwFjgGDpBlIszFR5LqI0/s400/P1050888.JPG" /><br />He is a great beater ranch truck, though, and unfortunatley, gets the best gas mileage of any vehicle we have. Brad has had to drive the Expedition while working this winter and so I have had to go out in the truck a number of times. I have been stuck twice and even had to call USAA to pull me out. I was not even a block away from home that time (if we had blocks out here by us). I was taking the neighbor's driveway because ours is way too steep and there was NO WAY I was getting up on account of the ice. I had visions of trying to drive up the driveway and sliding back down - backwards - into a big logging truck...not pretty. Even our neighbor's drive was too snowy for The Beast and about halfway up, he stopped going and the tires started spinning. I tried to go backward and landed my behind in a snow drift. The guy that came to pull me out had a good laugh at my predicament. HE would never have gotten in that situation ( I am pretty sure he's right - McGyver would never have ended up that way either) and he probably figured I was blond underneath all this dark hair. It's okay, I can laugh at myself...it didn't help that my then 14 year old son was laughing too.<br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 225px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597461193685338018" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDppfJvZM4HFuQ5BsQtcKdi-bqH5ONHYFC83GkA907cXWJxI2rKZAxYt8thPethkEmo79TJB_Mua1x5wxhrXwgpLKOjW7fj1Kw1K0OH8qztgI6CIkTFuv8Qf3h6gU6iVTpHzlCY_6c0jg/s400/P1050890.JPG" /><br />And the Suburban has looked like this since the weather got bad. It needs a front end something-or-other and won't get that until the weather gets nice. Even then, the engine needs an overhaul. It will be a while until McGyver gets to that project.<br /><br />So, as you can see, the situation was bleak....a wife that can't drive worth a darn in the snow, one non-working car and another that couldn't drive in the snow even if the wifey could. Brad has been sort of looking for a diesel truck so that we could haul a trailer of bison. However, a truck won't fit us all, so we would still have to drive two vehicles to CA when we deliver. Brad went in to talk to the diesel guy in town about engines/trucks, etc. The guy asked if we'd ever thought about a diesel Excursion. We had, but they are hard to come by and expensive. It just so happened that he was selling his personal vehicle that had been meticulously maintained. It has low mileage and the price was good. So, we are now the owners of one 2002, Ford diesel bison hauling Excursion with a 7.3L engine (somehow that was a good thing). The thing is indeed a bus and, compared to the Expedition, it has so much room we don't know what to do with ourselves....I am sure that real quickly, the kids will figure out how to drag everything they own into it when we go out. That is just their way.Karen Dunhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09192412215210854276noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7243851072340168481.post-45856090843628562082011-04-27T00:20:00.003-06:002011-04-27T00:27:19.305-06:00Ah, Spring!!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBSF1vvNnR5PNudn8Y4TcZgX28_E5SYs5msVOO5hCx3e3fkQHm4wEApjybHhmn3NhlfpzkxMzncyStNjgdxH2VDyGCAkLpxJThw7a3No_s6JzLNCGtHkhEZY-KErbZThwXo1o6C_fafiI/s1600/P1050952.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 225px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5600144921010246178" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBSF1vvNnR5PNudn8Y4TcZgX28_E5SYs5msVOO5hCx3e3fkQHm4wEApjybHhmn3NhlfpzkxMzncyStNjgdxH2VDyGCAkLpxJThw7a3No_s6JzLNCGtHkhEZY-KErbZThwXo1o6C_fafiI/s400/P1050952.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-hJWnPdfNlz5CF1SoYUmkDtPnJK3KdO7FQG1F151pKztEGJdemFdKMmarx4ciRDCZJHBd054RJGKnrarIPeqQkd5QWO8a_AsUh00oPZPDAue2ACUhjtgLZovbczHkGgKHk0quOVswaAQ/s1600/P1050955.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 225px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5600144915611428098" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-hJWnPdfNlz5CF1SoYUmkDtPnJK3KdO7FQG1F151pKztEGJdemFdKMmarx4ciRDCZJHBd054RJGKnrarIPeqQkd5QWO8a_AsUh00oPZPDAue2ACUhjtgLZovbczHkGgKHk0quOVswaAQ/s400/P1050955.JPG" /></a> <br /><div>Last week, this is what we woke up to....you gotta love spring in Montana. </div></div>Karen Dunhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09192412215210854276noreply@blogger.com1